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Music & Cultural History Option

The Music and Cultural History Option provides students with an opportunity to deepen their knowledge about music’s connection to the field of cultural history. The option is designed both for Music majors interested in contextualizing their studies in history and theory and for non-Music students seeking to enhance their musical appreciation and understanding.

The Music and Cultural History Option consists of 4.0 credits, taken from the list of recommended courses. Students with a minimum overall GPA of 7.0 at the end of Years 1 to Year 3 are eligible to apply for the option. A cumulative GPA of 7.00 in the courses specific to the Music and Cultural History Option is required to graduate. At least 3.0 of the required 4.0 credits in the option must be completed at Wilfrid Laurier University. Completion of the option requirements will result in a "Music and Cultural History Option" designation on student transcripts and degree. The option is open to all students.

Music majors shall be permitted to apply MU121 and MU274 toward completion of this option; music majors may not count any other MU courses towards completion of this option.Bachelor of Arts students are required to take a minimum of 1.0 credit of MU courses to complete this option. Note that some of these courses may have prerequisites that must be fulfilled before the course can be taken.

A minimum of 0.5 credits must be taken from the list of visual culture courses (HI203, HI234, HI260, HI308).

Recommended Courses:HI203 - History of Art: Renaissance to PresentHI234 - Canadian Art HI251 - Show Business: An American History HI260 - History on FilmHI308 - Renaissance Art HI342 - Culture and Ideas in the Modern World: Descartes to Darwin HI343 - Culture and Ideas in the Modern World: Marxism to Post-modernism HI387 - American Protest MusicHI380 - American Culture and Society, 1890-1950 HI381 - American Culture and Society since the Second World War MU121 - History of Rock Music MU122 - Music Appreciation: Baroque and Classical MU224 - Music of the 19th and 20th Centuries MU274 - Women and Music MU275 - Music of the World (*offered as an online course) MU377 - Contemporary Music Since 1975 MU379 - Studies in Canadian Music (*currently being revised to be an online course) MU471 - Medieval Culture in Pop or Art Music MU472 - Cross-Cultural IntersectionsMU473 - Music in Popular Culture MU474 - Music, Culture and TechnologyMU475 - Studies in Music Aesthetics and Criticism